LIBERTY THEATRE.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18218, 31 October 1924, Page 15

LIBERTY THEATRE.

♦ "George- washington. jux.." a.\i '"ihe ve:;geaxci: oe tee deep." "Georgo Wsshirtrton. .Tun.," which ojen at Ihs Liberty Theatre to-morrow, has bee: admirebly trar.3f-:rvfd t-i fhe rcrp?n bv War ner Brother?, and muxes a :no'tiin plc'.ur • u.'l of clean humour. It prcvea an e.-c twmely vehicle for Wesley Barry, wh: .»3 seen for the first tixn» in what prett; near a grown-up rO I->. A- "George AVasli ington, Jun.," who w:uld net tell a lii nor countenance an i-ntmlli in these abon him, Bs-rr\- is capital. 11,.- givo the of frut!: to the whole portrayal which i. the height cf dramatic : rt. The stoiy i; of a boy wh'j worships thj first Presicient and decides to build bis own charsct-er sdon ■ the lines laid out by the p;reat statesman" Theidea iiv itself is good, but young G-corgc carriej it to extremes, insisting ths.t hi: father tell the tmth, too. which is [;■;■:■ i sometimes—at others, not so good. Vo: his father h:ippons tc be a United S'.ntw Senator who is mixed in in more or lets: diplomatic affairs. The supporting cast it composed <f Gertrude Oldstead. Ivton Bar/, Charles ConkHn. Ot's Hsrb.n, William Cou- ; tWright, and Edward Phillips. The able direction is by Mai St. Clair. "Vengeance of the D.cp," ths second feature on th? programme, ia a picture extraordinary, and will justify the highest expectations. It is a melodramatic romance •">: the South fica peavi fisheries. The submarine scenes are rhe most ■ amazing ever filmed. It is. in fact, the first drama actually, fiimpd on the bed of the ocean. The cast includes Ralph Lswis, Virg:nia Brown Eairr, Van Matt.more, Harmon McGregor, William Andsrson, "Sra-.ke" Tnrasr, und Maida Vale. With coniMondabli the Liberty management will bt- ab!e to-morrow to sho.v patrons the film depicting the first match of tbe All Blacks' lour, that against Devon, in which the All Blacks were victorious by 11 points 'to 0. Ths is only the first of ft. series; the others will appear jnst as er>on"as they can b? rece.ved irom England. There will also bj eliown one of the famous Mack Bennett comedies, entitled Tuck," and a verv pocd soCnic film, enfitkd' "Up the River -with " Molly." It shows an eKti-oordinßry serosa of views of the river Thames, while the titling is so clevcrlv done that the spectator is kept in a merry maod all the way. The Liberty Quality Orchestra, under Mr Howard Moody, will play appropriate incidental music.